Annual working hours per worker in Yemen
Yemen: Annual working hours per worker was 1,382 hours per worker in 2023. ▼ Falling
Annual working hours per worker in Yemen, 2005–2023
Source: Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025); Huberman and Minns (2005) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hours per worker.
Analysis
In 2023, annual working hours per worker in Yemen stood at 1,382 hours per worker. That is the lowest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.4% on the previous year and down 33.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual working hours per worker in Yemen peaked at 2,104 hours per worker in 2010 and was at its lowest, 1,382 hours per worker, in 2023.
That places Yemen 128th out of 130 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,087 hours per worker | 2,077 hours per worker | 2,098 hours per worker | 5 |
| 2010s | 1,846 hours per worker | 1,540 hours per worker | 2,104 hours per worker | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,417 hours per worker | 1,382 hours per worker | 1,450 hours per worker | 4 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
More work & labour data for Yemen
- Legislation on sexual harassment in employment 0 (1=yes; 0=no) (2023)
- Women can take the same jobs as men 0 (1=yes; 0=no) (2023)
- Criminal sanctions or compensation for workplace sexual harassment 0 (1=yes; 0=no) (2023)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 62.5% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 3.9% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 41.7% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 23.2% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 4.8% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 61.2% (2025)
- Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 7.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual working hours per worker in Yemen?
- Annual working hours per worker in Yemen was 1,382 hours per worker in 2023, according to Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025); Huberman and Minns (2005) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual working hours per worker recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 2,104 hours per worker in 2010.
- What is the lowest annual working hours per worker recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,382 hours per worker in 2023.
- How does Yemen rank for annual working hours per worker?
- Yemen ranks 128th out of 130 countries with data for 2023.
- Is annual working hours per worker rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Yemen data come from?
- The figures come from Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025); Huberman and Minns (2005) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Annual working hours per worker. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average working hours per worker in a given year.